N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 110-c: Deductions from benefits of certain retired members

§ 110-c. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired member shall have

the right, at any time after the retiree's retirement, to execute and

file a deduction authorization card with the comptroller authorizing the

deduction from the retired member's retirement allowance of membership

dues and such retired member's share of the cost for employee

organization-sponsored benefit plans and the payment thereof to a

retiree organization of which the retired member is then a member and

which is then affiliated with either an employee organization certified

or recognized as the collective bargaining representative of all

employees in the negotiating unit of which the retired member was a part

prior to his or her retirement or with an employee organization with

which such employee organization is then affiliated. The comptroller

shall thereafter deduct from the retirement allowance of such retired

member the amount of membership dues and such amounts required to be

paid by such retired member for such authorized employee

organization-sponsored benefit plans, and shall transmit the sum so

deducted to said retiree organization. Such authorization shall continue

in effect until revoked in writing by such retired member. For purposes

of this section the term "employee organization-sponsored benefit plans"

shall include any and all insurance plans and/or other benefit plans

sponsored by such retiree organization whether provided by (a) a

not-for-profit corporation licensed under article forty-three of the

insurance law; (b) any insurance company authorized to do business in

this state; (c) a health maintenance organization issued a certificate

of authority pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law; or

(d) a self-insurance arrangement, welfare fund or benefit fund.